The official visits to Russia (26 - 30 July, 2012) by Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang cover a wide range of areas and events with focus on the meetings with President V. Putin and with Prime Minister D. A. Medvedev. The talks between the two sides took place in the open atmosphere with both sides showing trust to each other. The leaders exchanged views on all matters of bilateral ties and the prospects of promoting the strategic partnership in the areas of politics, trade - economy, science and technology and humanity, as well as the cooperation between the two sides in international forums. The two sides reviewed the results of the cooperation in the last ten years since the signing of the statement on the strategic partnership on 1st March, 2001. The leaders have concluded that this partnership has reached a substantial level.